The best AI dog fighter in existence is an Aim-9X sidewinder. Short range air to air missiles with helmet cuing systems have gotten to the point it's essentiall

The best AI dog fighter in existence is an Aim-9X sidewinder. Short range air to air missiles with helmet cuing systems have gotten to the point it's essentially a see to kill environment. Thrust vectoring, 3D IR mapping, countermeasure rejection, optics, laser fusing. Weapon engagement zones are sometimes measured less than the warhead's effective radius. Absolute insanity. However, there are some serious advantages to having an AI autopilot for dog-fights. Stuff like failover for G-lock (pilot loses consciousness during maneuver) and jinking to avoid shots makes a great deal of sense. Dogfight assist for gunnery would also be pretty sweet. Something similar to the gun PAC on a warthog maybe where you hold secondary trigger and instead of stabilizing the jet it gets the nose on the lead target indicator. Another case is when drone fighters are intentionally sent out clean (no missiles) to avoid an incident and enter a merge unexpectedly. Also there could be cases where large numbers of cheap junk fighters are sent against small numbers of expensive fighter drones. Not enough missiles for 5-1 ratios, but guns for the 5th jet may make the difference.